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Reshma Pasupuleti is an Indian television and film actress and anchor who works in Tamil film industry and Television.
Wiki/Biography
Reshma Pasupuleti was born on 23 July 1977 (age 41 years; as in 2018) in Chennai. Her zodiac sign is Leo.
She did her schooling in the USA. She did her engineering in Computer Science from the University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Connecticut. She then did a 2-year course in software testing from Amitysoft Software Institution, Chennai.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 3″
Weight: 65 kg
Figure Measurement: 36-28-36
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Family, Caste & Boyfriend
She belongs to a Telugu family. Her father, Prasad Pasupuleti was a well-known Telugu film producer.
She has two sisters named Deepti, who is a software engineer and Sushma Bandaru.
Her cousin Bobby Simha, is a famous actor who works in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industry.
Career
She started her career as a newsreader in the news channel “TV5.” She then anchored in many popular shows in TV5 such as “Brilliant Mind”, “Big Screens”, “Movie Mantra”, “Hi5”, and many more.
She then joined the TV channel, Sun TV as an anchor and singer for the show “Sun Singer.” She started working as an actress in the Telugu show, “Love Doctor” in 2007. In 2013, she joined Gemini TV with the show, “Celebrity Kitchen,” as an anchor. She made her debut as a TV actress with the TV serial “Vani Rani (January 2013-December 2018),” in which she played the role of an antagonist named ‘Devika.’
Her famous TV serial includes ‘Vamsam (June 2013- November 2017)’ that aired on Sun TV. She then appeared in the Tamil TV Serial “Sundharakandam (2014-15),” aired on Vendhar TV, in which she played the lead role of “Sakthi” in the serial.
She made her film debut as an actress with the Tamil film “Masala Padam” in 2015.
Controversy
During the ongoing MeToo Campaign in 2018, Reshma, in an interview, revealed that she has also faced sexual harassment in the industry. She took a stand for those who have faced sexual harassment and had fallen prey to it. Furthermore, she said,
Sexual harassment has become rampant. It’s everywhere not just the film industry but women are facing it in every sector.”
Awards
- Best Telugu Anchor Award in 2010
Favourite Things
- Book: The Heartfulness Way by Joshua Pollock and Kamlesh D. Patel
Facts
- She likes travelling and reading.
- Before coming to India, she worked as a Flight Cabin Crew member with Delta Airlines in Atlanta, Georgia.
- She is proficient in 5 languages, i.e., English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam.
- In 1996, Reshma went to a pub with a few of her friends. She met a reporter there, who convinced her for an interview with his channel. When the channel head saw Reshma’s interview, she got impressed by Reshma’s communication skills and offered her to work for the news channel, TV5 as a newsreader.
- Reshma has worked as English news broadcaster in the channels like Metro News and E-News.
- She has worked in movies like Ko 2 (2016), Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (2016), Masala Padam (2015), and many more.
- She has a tattoo on her wrist that reads mom.
- In 2019, she participated in Bigg Boss Tamil: Season 3, which aired on Star Vijay.